News Releases

PAWTUCKET, RI – For her first official trip as head of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Chairman Jane Chu went to a place where the concept of the NEA was born: Rhode Island.  In 1965, former U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI)... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – In an effort to fight poverty and provide critical assistance to struggling families, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced $680,848 in federal funding to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in Rhode Island.  The... Read More

MIDDLETOWN, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today was presented with a national award from the Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement (C.A.R.E.) for his outstanding support of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Reed, chair of the... Read More

PROVIDENCE, RI – Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Langevin today announced over $772,000 in federal grant funding for fire departments in Warwick and Johnston to upgrade fire safety, training, and communications... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) was joined by five leading members of Congress today in sending a letter to President Obama, urging action to deny federal contracts to inverted corporations.  Increasingly, American... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement in reaction to the President’s decision to deliver humanitarian aid to Iraqi civilians and... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today released this statement following a decision by Walgreens to remain headquartered in the United States.  A company announcement Wednesday morning confirmed it will purchase the remaining... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) on Tuesday called for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to investigate the findings of an alarming recent report indicating certain retailers have... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate HELP Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA), Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL); and three of their Senate colleagues today asked President Barack Obama to immediately provide more... Read More

CRANSTON, RI – Seeking to help ensure patients have access to quality health care at state hospitals while supporting a significant source of jobs in Rhode Island, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives James... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to use his executive authority to reduce or eliminate tax breaks for companies that shift their... Read More

MATUNUCK, RI – Today, mollusk lovers across the country are celebrating “National Oyster Day,” and more and more of them are slurping and savoring oysters from the Ocean State.  That is because more oyster farms are... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - Thirteen Members of Congress today called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take immediate action to protect young people from predatory e-cigarette marketing and distribution tactics that are straight out of big... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Congress on Thursday evening passed a bipartisan initiative authored by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) that will expand the federal definition of trauma to include burn injuries, a long-overdue modification urged by trauma care... Read More

Providence, RI – Today, during a luncheon at El Macuto Restaurant on Broad Street, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse led a conversation with Rhode Island minority business owners about what they need to grow their businesses... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Senate Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Jack Reed (D-RI) and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) jointly released the starting point for their FY 2015 funding bill. ... Read More

SENATE FLOOR STATEMENT Mr. REED. Madam President, I come to the floor today to once again press for action on my bipartisan legislation to restore emergency unemployment benefits. Over 3.5 million Americans have lost benefits since the program... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mark Warner (D-VA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Tim Kaine (D-VA) are expressing concern to the Pentagon about the delay in the Department of Defense’s (DOD) review... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Seeking to combat the growing national drug overdose epidemic, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today introduced the Overdose Prevention Act.  This legislation would expand access to naloxone, as well as drug overdose... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - With just three days left before the federal government began slowing transportation reimbursements to Rhode Island and other states nationwide, the U.S. Senate tonight passed legislation 79-18 to keep federal highway money... Read More